Gravity toy railroad



IAWWUHW A. E. JONES. GRAVITY TOY RAILROAD- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, I921;

Patented May'Z', W22.

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GRAVITY TOY RAILLROAD.

To all 1077077); 712'; may mmaa it known that L Anrrren Fl. JONES, a eltlzen of the United States, residing' at Bidley Park, county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Gravity Toy Railroad; of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists of a novel. construell-H of a gravity toy railroad, wherein I employ a central stationarybase'member,

which can be cheaply constructed from thin tin and which has hinged to each end thereof, an aligning extension, each being provided at its outer end with a terminal wall or abutmentwhile a piece of cord or string extends between said abutinents and passes under a central pulley adaptedto actuate a signalling ClGVlCG,WVl1lCl1 is so timed as to operate or ring a bell. when the toy car travelling on the tracks common to said'base member and extensions reaches each of its extreme or terminal positions.

It further consists of a gravity toy railroad, having a central base member, a central bridge or trestle supported thereon, a signalling device supported above said trestle worlr and a toy car adapted to run upon said central base member, and the hinged members pivoted thereto inyconji'inctien with a signalling devicewhich becomes operative as the end portions of the device areelevatcd and depressed. a i a 1 My invention further consistsof a novel construction or a gravity toy railroad, which can be cheaply constructedandis not liable readily to get out of order. y My invention further consists of other novel features of construction and advantage, all as will be fully pointed out. i For the purpose of illustrating my invendrawings a form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since it will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organlzation of theseinstrumentalities as herein shown and described,

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a novel gravity toy railroad, embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents a plan view of Fige Epccifieatimi of Letters Patented May 23 llndh Application filed June 14, rear. Serial nu. iar-asst.

Figure 3 represents on an enlarged scale, a side elevation of the signalling device employed. y

Figure 4: represents a section on line a e:

of Figure 1. s

Figure 5 represents on an enlarged scale a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

1 designates my novel construction of gravity toy railroad, the same comprising a central base member 2, which consists of a thin strip of tin having thereon the parallel rails 3. a 1

At each end of the central strip 2, are pivotally secured or hinged the sections 4: and 5 composed of flat strips of tin which are provided with the tracks 6 and 7 respectively, which alignwith and form a continuation of the central track or rails 3.

Atthe outer terminal of the strip 5 is formed a wall or abutment 8, which may be built or constructed to simulate the end of a house or railroad station while at the outer end oi: the strip 1 is formed another wall or abutment 9, which is also adapted to simulate the end of a house or station.

10 designates a string orcord, which extends between the abutments 8 and 9 and passes under the pulley 11, which mounted in the yoke 1.3 carried on the rod 14, which may be supported on the horizontal member of the trestle or bridge work 16, whose construction will be understood from Figures 1, 3, and 5 said trestle being so constructed, that the toy car 17 can readily travel under it in each direction, as seen in Figure 5.

lhe axle 12 for the pulley 11 has on its outer end a spring or resilient arm 18 on which the ball 19 ismounted, which latter is adapted to hit the bells 20 and 21 when the toy car 17 has reached its extreme positions, said bells being mounted on the U or other shaped support 22.

The operation is as follows As the ends of the sections 4 and 5 are alternately raised and lowered, the toy car 17 travels from one end of the device to the other and vice versa as each section is respectively actuated and, the action of the string or cord 10 upon the pulley 11 will oscillate the arm 18 and cause the bell 20 or 21 to ring, when the car 17 reaches its extreme positions, as will be understood from Figures 1 and 3.

The device can be cheaply constructed of thin sheet metal or the like and the outer rails 6 and "2' form a continuation of the rails 3 of the central member 3 as will be evident.

It will be seen that as the sections t and 5 of the device are elevated, the operator can remain. at the same end of the device, and the automatic raising and lowering of the end sections will cause the toy car to run in the desired directions, the car being operated to and fro as the raising and loivering operation continues.

It will 110W be apparent that I have devised a new and useful gravity to; railroad which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the st-atenientot the invention and the above description, and

'ters Patent, is

1. In a gravity toy railroad, a central section havlng' tracks thereon, outer sections also having tracks thereon and hinged to the ends of said central sections, the tracks of said central and outer sections being in alignment, abutinents at the outer ends of the hinged outer sections, a cord extending between said ubutinents and passing under a pulley supported upon said central cction and signalling; devices operated by said pulley.

2. In a device of the character stated, a central section, hinged sections pivotally secured to the ends 0t said central section, a bridge carried by said central section. a signalling; device thereon, aligning tracks on said central and hinged sections, a toy car travelling on said tracks and means for operating said signalling device, as said toy car reaches each of its extreme positions.

8. In device of the character stated, a central section, hinged sections pivotally secured to the ends of said central section, aligning tracks on said sections, a bridge on said central section, abutlnents at the outer ends of said hinged sections, a pulley mounted on said bridge, a cord connecting the ends of said abutments and passing; under said pulley, a signalling device carried by said bridge, and means actuated by said pulley for sounding; said signalling device.

ARTHUR E. JONES.

Witnesses Henley D. GLENN, JoriN J. JoNEs. 

